Question

Mr. Rijo bought 49 bags of soil one week and 28 bags of soil the next week. Write an expression that correctly applies the the distributive property to show two equivalent expressions for the number of bags of soil he bought. (hint: Find GCF to help apply distributive property)

Answer 1

`49 + 28 = 7(7 + 4)`

Explanation:

Number of bags bought in one week = 49 bags

Number of bags bought the next week = 28 bags

Number of bags bought is
`49 + 28`

To express this using the distributive property, look for the greatest common factor of 49 and 28. Factor it out to get an expression.

Thus:

The factor 7 can go into 49 and 28. Factor out 7.

Therefore, we would have:

`49 + 28 = 7(7 + 4)`